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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Lassen Class Ammunition Ship<br/>
Keel Laid June 20 1944 - Launched September 17 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AKUTAN AE-13'''<br/>  
Commissioned February 15 1945 - Decommissioned October 19 1946<br/>
Laid up in The Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, March 8 1960<br/>
Transferred to The National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., June 30 1960<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 1 1960<br/>
Sold February 16 1978 to B.S. & S. Inc. Beaumont, TX for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS AKUTAN AE-13_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry 
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest 
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>Post Office Established February 15 1945 - Disestablished September 9 1946</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>3z (BOB)
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1945-07-25
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Locy Type P <br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. A-11
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1946-07-08
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[[Image:JonBurdett akutan 19460708 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett akutan 19460708.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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USCS Postmark Catalog only lists this as Type LDPS 
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Locy Type<br/>LDPS P Sep 10, 1946<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. A-11
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1946-09-10
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Last Day Postal Service
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
AKUTAN earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/>*
'''Okinawa Gunto operation'''<br/>
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 21 to June 18 1945<br/>*
'''3rd Fleet operations against Japan'''<br/>
July 15 to August 15 1945<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - An island and an active volcano in the Aleutian Islands

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